Study notes: A Study in Scarlet
Dr. Watson, back from war, needs a room and moves in with a strange young man called Sherlock Holmes. Soon they are investigating a man found dead in an empty house with a word written in red on the wall. This is the first Sherlock Holmes story.
Themes
Deduction. Revenge. Friendship beginning.
People to follow
Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Inspector Lestrade, and Inspector Gregson.
Talk about
- How does Holmes deduce Watson's past?
- Why does the book jump to America?
- What makes Holmes different from the police?
Public-domain text. First published in 1887; Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.